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Wilmington Men win CACC Championship over Holy Family
Insert Photo: CACC Tournament MVP Dan Mangat
with CACC Commissioner Dan Mara.
Kirk Reed– CACC Office
The Wildcats of Wilmington University
capped off an exciting 2007
season with a thrilling shootout victory
over the Tigers of Holy Family
University, giving Wilmington
its first Central Atlantic Collegiate
Conference tournament title.
Wilmington entered the finals as
the No. 2 seed and shot first in
the shootout round. Junior midfielder Augustin
Aguilera converted his attempt and Holy Family’s
Ed Szambelak followed with the same result.
Next, freshman defender Billy Curran netted his
opportunity and the Tigers were stopped by a beautiful
save from Wildcat keeper Dan Mangat.
Freshman Anthony Randazzo buried his opportunity
and Holy Family’s Steve Kientzy followed up
with a goal of his own. In the fourth round, senior
Oren Segev converted his try, and the final round saw
sophomore forward Sargbah Tarpeh find the back of
Kirk Reed– CACC Office
the net to give the ’Cats the thrilling 5-3
victory.
Holy Family dominated play for
much of the first half, but the Wildcats
were able to get on the board when
freshman midfielder Joe Stant connected
on a long ball from sophomore
defender Selekie Kamara during the
37th minute.
The Tigers tied the game when Sean Hordijenko
found Steve Kientzy on a breakaway. The two squads
would not score again, thanks to stellar play by both
goalkeepers.
Mangat, the tournament’s most valuable player, recorded
nine saves for the Wildcats. Mangat, along with
Curran, freshman midfielder Joe Stant, Tarpeh, and
sophomore midfielder Fatoma Turay, were named to
the all-tournament team.
Wilmington ended the season with a record of 12-5-2,
while Holy Family closed out the year at 14-7-2.
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